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Seafish is on tour, with a series of events around the UK to
present the new Corporate Plan. We are covering most of the
country, from Peterhead to Plymouth, where we hosted our first
meeting on 3rd June. The aim of these events is to explain how the
Plan was developed, based on sol...more

As many of you will already have heard, I am leaving Seafish
towards the end of this year. So why have I chosen this moment to
announce that I am stepping down as Chief Executive? It really is
all to do with the fact that, for the first time in many years, I
feel that I am leaving behind...more

As anyone who has been lucky enough to attend this event will
tell you, the Brussels Seafood Expo is an endless round of meetings
- from sales pitches and deal-makers, to strategy sessions on some
of the biggest issues facing the industry.

When I first got an email from Maria Hobitaki, an Electrical
Engineer originally from Crete now working at the Bombardier
Aerospace Factory in Northern Ireland, requesting Seafish
assistance with a project called 'Sea For Yourself', I was unsure
what to expect.

Someone once shared their theory with me that within
their careers people have 3 distinct chapters; if this is destined
to be the case for me then the fishing industry is currently
writing the seco...more

Educating children about food has never been an easy task.
Anyone who has tried to feed vegetables to a reluctant toddler will
understand this to be the case, but the reality of food education
in Britain isn't great. We all know that as a country we're still
eating too much more

I currently work for Seafish, a UK industry body whose main role
is to promote the consumption of fish. Given my main job role is to
provide advice on fisheries sustainability, it is in an intriguing
juxtaposition. Indeed, my path to working as a marine biologist in
the UK fishing indust...more

Despite my Grandad spending most of his working life as a
fishmonger, my entry into the industry was completely accidental. I
started at Seafish as a temporary worker aiding the then Data
Collection P...more